The '''wiki markup''' is the syntax system you can use to format a HSCwiki page.

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The '''wiki markup''' is the syntax system you can use to format a Biki page.

In the left column of the table below, you can see what effects are possible. In the right column, you can see how those effects were achieved. In other words, to make text look like it looks in the left column, type it in the format you see in the right column.

In the left column of the table below, you can see what effects are possible. In the right column, you can see how those effects were achieved. In other words, to make text look like it looks in the left column, type it in the format you see in the right column.

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You may want to keep this page open in a separate browser window for reference, or take a screen-shot of it. '''If you want to try out things without danger of doing any harm, you can do so in the [[HSCwiki:Sandbox|Sandbox]]'''. Try opening the Sandbox in a separate window or tab and keeping this page open for reference.

You may want to keep this page open in a separate browser window for reference, or take a screen-shot of it. '''If you want to try out things without danger of doing any harm, you can do so in the [[HSCwiki:Sandbox|Sandbox]]'''. Try opening the Sandbox in a separate window or tab and keeping this page open for reference.

*A [[#Table of contents|table of contents]] will automatically be added to an article that has four or more sections.

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* A link to another HSCwiki article.

* A link to another HSCwiki article.

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you should sign it by adding

you should sign it by adding

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'''What links here''' and '''Related changes'''

'''What links here''' and '''Related changes'''

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'''What links here''' and '''Related changes'''

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* URLs must start with the protocol (eg. <nowiki>[http://www.nupedia.com], not [www.nupedia.com]</nowiki>)

* URLs must start with the protocol (eg. <nowiki>[http://www.nupedia.com], not [www.nupedia.com]</nowiki>)

* If a URL contains a character not in this list, it should be encoded by using a percent sign (%) followed by the [[hexadecimal|hex]] code of the character, which can be found in the table of [[ASCII#ASCII printable characters|ASCII printable characters]]. For example, the caret character (^) would be encoded in a URL as '''%5E'''.

* If a URL contains a character not in this list, it should be encoded by using a percent sign (%) followed by the [[hexadecimal|hex]] code of the character, which can be found in the table of [[ASCII#ASCII printable characters|ASCII printable characters]]. For example, the caret character (^) would be encoded in a URL as '''%5E'''.

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* See [[MetaWikiPedia:Interwiki_map]] for the list of shortcuts; if the site you want to link to is not on the list, use an external link ([[#link-external|see above]]).

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Wiki markup

The wiki markup is the syntax system you can use to format a Biki page.

In the left column of the table below, you can see what effects are possible. In the right column, you can see how those effects were achieved. In other words, to make text look like it looks in the left column, type it in the format you see in the right column.

You may want to keep this page open in a separate browser window for reference, or take a screen-shot of it. If you want to try out things without danger of doing any harm, you can do so in the Sandbox. Try opening the Sandbox in a separate window or tab and keeping this page open for reference.

A single newline
generally has no effect on the layout.
These can be used to separate
sentences within a paragraph.
Some editors find that this aids editing
and improves the function diff
(used internally to compare
different versions of a page).

A single newline
generally has no effect on the layout.
These can be used to separate
sentences within a paragraph.
Some editors find that this aids editing
and improves the function ''diff''
(used internally to compare
different versions of a page).
But an empty line
starts a new paragraph.

You can break lines
without starting a new paragraph.

Please use this sparingly.

Close markup between lines; do not start a link or italics or bold on one line and close it on the next.

Links and URLs

Internally, the first letter of the target page is automatically capitalized and spaces are represented as underscores (typing an underscore in the link has the same effect as typing a space, but is not recommended).

Thus the link above is to the URL www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_transport, which is the HSCwiki article with the name "Public transport".

The part after the number sign (#) must match a section heading on the page. Matches must be exact in terms of spelling, case, and punctuation. Links to non-existent sections are not broken; they are treated as links to the top of the page.

Identifiers may be created by attaching an id="..."> attribute to almost any HTML element.

[[Economics#See also]] is a link
to a section within another page.
[[#Links and URLs]] is a link
to a section on the current page.
[[#example]] is a link to an
anchor that was created using
<div id="example">an id attribute</div>

The server fills in the part after the pipe character (|) when you save the page. The next time you open the edit box you will see the expanded piped link. When previewing your edits, you will not see the expanded form until you press Save and Edit again. The same applies to links to sections within the same page (see previous entry).

A user's '''Contributions''' page can be linked as:
[[Special:Contributions/UserName]]
or
[[Special:Contributions/192.0.2.0]]

To put an article in a HSCwiki:Category, place a link like the one to the right anywhere in the article. As with interlanguage links, it does not matter where you put these links while editing as they will always show up in the same place when you save the page, but placement at the end of the edit box is recommended.

[[Category:Character sets]]

To link to a HSCwiki:Category page without putting the article into the category, use an initial colon (:) in the link.

URLs must start with the protocol (eg. [http://www.nupedia.com], not [www.nupedia.com])

If a URL contains a character not in this list, it should be encoded by using a percent sign (%) followed by the hex code of the character, which can be found in the table of ASCII printable characters. For example, the caret character (^) would be encoded in a URL as %5E.

Link dates in one of the above formats, so that everyone can set their own display order. If logged in, you can use Special:Preferences to change your own date display setting.

All of the above dates will appear as "20 July1969" if you set your date display preference to "15 January 2001", but as "July 20, 1969" if you set it to "January 15, 2001", or as "1969-07-20" if you set it to "2001-01-15".

For semantic reasons, using <code> where applicable is preferable to using <tt>.

A typewriter font for <tt>monospace text</tt>
or for computer code: <code>int main()</code>

You can use small text for captions.

You can use <small>small text</small> for captions.

You can strike out deleted material
and underline new material.

You can also mark deleted material and
inserted material using logical markup
rather than visual markup.

When editing regular HSCwiki articles, just make your changes and do not mark them up in any special way.

When editing your own previous remarks in talk pages, it is sometimes appropriate to mark up deleted or inserted material.

You can <s>strike out deleted material</s>
and <u>underline new material</u>.
You can also mark <del>deleted material</del> and
<ins>inserted material</ins> using logical markup
rather than visual markup.

The latter methods of sub/superscripting cannot be used in the most general context, as they rely on Unicode support which may not be present on all users' machines. For the 1-2-3 superscripts, it is nevertheless preferred when possible (as with units of measurement) because most browsers have an easier time formatting lines with it.